If create a text file, the default encoding is UTF-8 but if open the Notepad from Windows start menu's search, the default encoding of that is the ANSI. Is there way for second mode that change the default encoding to UTF-8?

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Mar 25, 2020 · There isn’t a way to override an extension to truly use Normal Text. It might be possible by editing langs.xml to change ext="..."

Nov 22, 2019 · In Notepad++, the file looks kind of like it's half-UTF-8 and half-garbage (the accented-'A's tend to show up when an UTF-8 file is misinterpreted as Windows-1252). However, in this case it's probably just a coincidence and there's …

May 8, 2019 · Notepad cannot read this file correctly, assuming, that it is UTF-8, in which case, 0xA9 in context is a single illegal character. If I add BOM, copyright character will be saved as 2-byte UTF-8, but Visual Studio ignores BOM and shows two "wrong" characters instead of a single copyright symbol.

May 27, 2017 · When I convert it to UTF-8 without bom and close file, the file is again ANSI when I reopen. The easiest solution is to avoid the problem entirely by properly configuring Notepad++. Try Settings-> Preferences-> New document-> Encoding-> choose UTF-8 without BOM, and check Apply to opened ANSI files.

Jun 17, 2017 · The default for saving a New file is Normal text file (**.txt)*. Look in Menu -> Save As -> then look at the second line: Save as type . You select in that box from a variety of file formats.

Feb 14, 2017 · You just need to guess the original encoding before pasting in notepad++, then convert through the same menu to an alternate Unicode-based encoding to see if things become readable.

Feb 25, 2013 · Notepad technically saves the file using UTF-8 Signature encoding, not plain UTF-8, which adds an extra marker to the file that shows up as strange symbols in some programs like ExamDiff and can lead to unexpected results in some CSV importers, etc.

Jun 30, 2014 · But if you want to convert files to UTF8 you can do that way easier with PowerShell on Windows or command line on Linux. For Windows Power-Shell: $yourfile = "C:\path\to\your\file.txt" get-content -path $yourfile | out-file $yourfile -encoding utf8